Verbena Brazilian (Standing Verbena)

Verbena bonariensis ‘Brazilian’

Characteristics

Culture

Verbena Brazilian (Standing Verbena) is a Tender perennial that is winter hardy to USDA Zones 7-10. In colder zones, it is grown as an annual. Grow in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerates poor soils as long as drainage is good. Leave the stems intact after blooming and plant may self-seed.   Collected seeds may be sown directly in the garden after last frost date. Even if plants do not survive winter, they often remain in gardens for a number of years through self-seeding. Plants more freely self-seed in the South.

Noteworthy Characteristics

This is one of the best flowering perennials for attracting butterflies, and in particular the Tiger Swallowtail.  Verbena Brazilian (Standing Verbena) is a long-blooming, drought tolerant plant that is extremely easy to grow. The rosy-violet flowers are tiny and extremely profuse.  From a 12-inch-high basal clump of lance-shaped, serrated dark green leaves, rise 36 to 48-inch-tall vertical stems topped with clusters of pretty lilac-purple to rosy-purple flowers from late spring all the way to frost! An exceptional cut flower and attractor of butterflies and other beneficial pollinators.

This variety has been called Verbena on a stick! It is also referred to as Brazilian Verbena and Upright Verbena

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems. Watch for powdery mildew.

Garden Uses

Group or mass in mixed borders, meadows, cottage gardens.